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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-09
PREPARTXG TO STRIKE.

Chicago Labor Unions Unite to Enforce
the Eight Hour Demand.
CHICAGO, H., March 29.-The car
penters of this city are preparing to
enforce their demands for eight hours
and 80 cents per hour April 4. When
the secretary OF The carpenters council
informed the carpenter bosses that q
COZ ference would be advisable, the
latter told him that as the men had
issued their ultimatum, there was no
necessity for g. conference. The en-
ployes, however, wanted conference
so that the trouble might be adjusted
and settled for year, at least. The
employers will take eno action till after
the convention to be held for the
purpose OF forming national union.
1t is said that tue plan for the con-
solidation o. the building trades into
one district is progressing rapidly and
inside OF a week the consolidation may
beeffected. Already a number of we'll
organized unions have signifed
their intention OF Joining the building
trades district. and those of the car
penters, bricklayers, stonecutters,
plumbers, hod carriers, plasterers,
painters, derrick men, fathers, gas
filters and others will follow. The
object of the plan is to
work for mutual protection
and assist each other in case of a
strike. Eight hours day will be the
rule amongst them and some of them
intend to demand or have already
asked for an advance in wages. The
work OF the body will be done by a
central council composed ofthree dele
gates from each organization and af
ter all the building trades have been
united there will probably be forty
delegates in the council. The body
will represent 25, 600 to $4,000 men.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-09
LOST WITH Alb HANDS.

Two Hundred fishermen Go Down to
Watery Graves.
ST. JOINS, n. F., March 31.-The
city is terribly agitated by the re-
ported loss at sea of the sealing
steamer Eagle, OF this port, with
all hands, some 200 men. The
vessel is owned by Messrs. Browning
Brothers, and was commanded by
Capt. Jackman, one of the most ex-
perienced sealing captains sail
ing from here. There are
ugly stories told about the condi-
tion of the steamers boilers when
she sailed. 1t is said that they were
plainly useless, and that the vessel
should never have been allowed to 90
to sea with so many people on board.
The blow inflicted by the reported
disaster has brought a feeling OF
despair upon the already y-impov.
ished colony, where thousands have
escaped starvation during the winter
only by government aid.
Later reports from Funk Island,
the supposed scene OF the wreck, are
to the effect that debris, consisting of
deck-ladders, the forecastle-deck and
cooking gear with the steamers name
on it, have been found on the ice. The
supposition is that the steamers
boiler exploded.
LATER-The reported loss OF the
steamer Eagle is confirmed by the dis
covery of wreckage on Bonavista Bay.
The crew numbered $50 men and there
is nothing to show that any one was
saved. The steamer was lost on the
shoals near Funk Island, of Bona
vista Bay. Debris consisting of deck
ladders, forecastle deck and cooking
gear, with the steamers name, were
found on the ice, and the inhabitants
are on the outlook for bodies of the
drowned. Thecondition of the wreck
age leads to the belief that the vessel
VAS lost through boiler explosion.
Most OF the lost seanen lived in and
about St. Johns, and the excitement
and grief here are intense. Women
and children are weeping at home or
clamoring at telegraph and news
paper Offices for further in
formation. The Eagle was q large
sealing steamer, commanded by Capt.
Jockman and owned by the Messrs.
Bowring Bros. The captain is one OF
the best and most successful COM
manders sailing out of New Found
land ports, but it is said the steamers
boilers were in such condition that
she should never have gone to sea.
This was whispered about soon after
she sailed for the fisheries, and the re-
port that the wreckage indicates q
boiler explosion is taken as evidence
that all on hoard arc lost
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-09
CUTTING DOUN WAGES,
The Employees of "A Chicago Gas Compal
VIII Re si-f the Reduction

The Employees of "A Chicago Gas Company
VIII Resist the Reduction.
The Consumers Gas Light and Coke
Comp any has notified its 500 en-
ployes that hey must submit TO a re-
duction OF so and 20 cents per day
threatening, il is said, to use coal oil
unless the men comply. The officials
OF the company claim 10 be unable to
make a fair profit when paying the
present wages o. 50 so and $500 for
an s hour day. They wish the men
10 work twelve hours day at an ad-
vance OF so and 10 cents. The use OF
oil as fuel would dispense with 450 of
The 500 employees. The men, who are
members Of the Knights OF Labor,
met and determined TO insist upon the
present scale OF hours and pay. A
committee was appointed to inform
the company OF theresult OF the meet
inc
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-09
DEATH IN A WORKSHOP.
Five Men Fatally Scalded by Escaping
Steam.

Five Men Fatally Scalded by Escaping
Steam.
ERIE, Pa, April 1.-The boiler de.
partment OF Nagle's engine works was
the scene OF a frightful accident late
yesterday afternoon in which FIVE men
were the victims. A boiler was being
tested by Patrick Kelly, the shop in
spector. Near him were several Ell.
ployes. E. l.. Sturtevant, the inspec.
tor IN the employ OF the Hartford
Boiler Insurance company, who re-
sides in Cleveland, and who had come
with g. Niles manufacturer to buy
machinery, stepped around to the fire
box to witness the test. At
that instant a riyet in the hue
sheet brace gave way and the seeth-
ing contents OF the boiler rushed
out, striking Sturtevant in the face
and parboiling him from head to foot.
Patrick Kelly was struck on the head
and enveloped in a torrent OF s.eam
and water; William McCloud was
scalded from his shoulders down;
Foreman William murphy was in
jured about the arms, and William
Welch was scalded and severely in
jured about the back. The apart
ment was so filled with steam the
victims could not be rescued until
their flesh was parboiled. Their
shrieks were heartrending. All were
taken to St. Vincent's Hospital.
Kelly, who is aged about 35, and has
wife and children, is dying. sturte-
want cannot recover, and Nc
Cloud is in an extremely
critical condition. Several other
employees were knocked down by the
force OF the explosion, but received no
serious injuries. There is not spot
on Keily's body as large as the palm
of the hand that is not raw. Nc
Clouds chest, abdomen and legs are
frightfully scalded, while the skin is
all blistered off Sturtevant's face,
neck, chest, arms and back. Thephy-
sician in charge has just made a trip
to the hospital, and reports Kelly and
Sturtevant failing, while McCloud
seems to be if anything a li-Gie i'm
proved. 1t is hard to place the re-
sponsibiity of the accident.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-09

DUBLIN, March 29.-Father Ryan,
of the Herbertstown branch OF the
National League, presented himself
to-day before Justice Boyd, OF the
bankruptcy court. He persisted in
refusal to tell the court what he knew
about the doings OF tenants in his
parish, respecting the trusteeing OF
their rents under the plan OF campaign,
and was condemned to prison. When
Father Ryan emerged from the court
a prisoner, he was met by multi
tude of citizens. They numbered
many thousands and they cheered the
priest with enthusiastic and pro-
longed applause, and then followed
him in procession to the jail, making
his tour trlumphal one. A number
OF prominent men took part
in this procession, and among the
more conspicuous were Lord Mayor
Sullivan and Archbishop Croke.
Father Slattery was also sun moned
by Judge Boyd to give similar :nfor-
nation to that demanded OF Father
Ryan. He likewise refused and was
also ordered to prison. Both priests
were removed to jail IN g. cab. The
people hooted and ieered the police in
attendance on the cab and for while
refused to permit it to proceed. a
disturbance ensued and the police,
who were mounted, rode with drawn
swords upon the crowd and cleared a
lane for the cab. O'Brien, editor OF
United Ireland, also followed the pris-
OUer to the iail He with the lord
mayor and Archbishop Croke rode in
the lord mayors carriage. The mob
threatened the police along the whole
route and the scene at times was very
exciting.
LONDON, March 29.-It is reasserted
that Robert Uniacke Penrose Fitz,
gerald, Conservative mem Der OF Parlia-
ment for the borough OF Cambridge, is
to be appointed under secretary for
Ireland.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-09
CARPENTERS ON A STRIKE.
Two Thousand Men Quit Work in Chicago
contractors Taken by Surprise.

Two Thousand Men Quit Work in Chicago
contractors Taken by Surprise.
CHICAGO. April LIN accordance
with instructions from the United
Carpenters council, the gangs OF car
penters employed on buildings in va
rious localities OF the city, as well as
those working in planning mills
and factories, this morning ap-
pointed committees and through
them laid their demands
before their employers. The average
wages received by the carpenters at
present is 25 cents an hour and IN
some instances they work eight hours,
but as rule ten hours constitutes q
carpenters s work-day. They demand
35 cents an hour for ordinary day
work, double time for Sunday and
night work, and time aud hall for
overtime, eight hours to constitute a
days work. Quite q number OF con-
tractors yielded, while IN most cases
where the replies OF the
bosses were unfevorable the
men struck. Up to late honr this
afternoon the reports showed that
the greater part of the carpenters EN-.
ployed On various Jobs on the north,
west and south sides, as we'll as in
Lake View, Lake, Hyde Park and
other suburban towns, about 1000
men in all, were already engaged in the
strike. The employers we're taken by
surprise when they learned OF the
demands of the men, and most OF
them did not know what answer to
give to the committees. They said
they had not had sufficient notice
to consider the demands and
would give a decided answer in few
days, while the men claimed that no
tice has been given them several
months ago. A master carpenter
said that it was impossible under ex-
listing conditions for contractors to
pay the men 35 cents an hour, but
that it might be practicable to grade
the men and pay them from 2712 to
32l2 cents, according to their ability.
The men on the other hand, are
firm in their belief that their demands
will be conceded by the employers %
once, and there is little prospect for
compromise
Twenty-three journeymeu tailors
employed in William Grus' tailor shop
quit work to-day. They claim that
they were being underpaid apd over.
worked, and demanded union
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-09

| ing machinery and apparatus con.
nected with bread making, Italian
| paste-making, rice-dressing, and simi-
lar industries, to which American
manufacturers are requested to send
exhibits.
the body OF Mrs. + Bayman, of
| Holland, Mich, who had been missing
for three days, was found in the woods
with the throat cut. She is supposed
| to have committed suicide.
The supreme court of Pennsylvania
has decided tha5 an assignment OF
wages as security for the purchase OF
| goods before the wages are earned is
illegal and that the employe can re-.
| cover.
| The young woman found murdered
| at Railway, n. j., has been identified
as Mollis Thomas, a servant.
| At Mount Vernon, Ky. Willie
Vowels, 10 years old, stabbed Will
Levisey, A years old, in the heart,
| killing him.
Egypt has imported experts and
machinery from the United States to
| bore for petroleum along the banks
of the Red Sea-
In fight at Grants Station, N. H.,
| between sheep herders and cowboys,
| two herders were killed and one COW
| boy wounded.
The Senate at Hamburg proposes
| to grant a credit OF 100000 marks
for the Lighting of the principal streets
| and squares with the electric light.
The Sargent Paint and Oil Com
pany, OF st. Louis, was burned out on
| the 2Sth. Loss $4,000; insured.
Two freight trains On the Canadian
Pacific collided at Franktown, Ont,
on the 9th, wrecking both. The loss
is estimated at 100000. No one was
hurt.
Prof Goldwin Smith is about to re-
tire from the Toronto Week, owing to
i'll health.
A riot in which three men were
killed and several wounded took
place in the city of Panama on the
27th.
James Kearney, the New York law
yer who was reported to have alb
seconded, bas returned. He says his
assets exceed his liabilities.
Veterans OF the Union and Confed-
crate armies IN Virginia are contribut
Ing lDtFally lOWdfu tHt efoCtiOu vi Il
monument to Gen. John Sedgwick,
killed near Spottsylvania.
In plowing in a field about three
miles from Atlanta, Ga. about 81 100
was plowed up in So gold pieces. The
treasure is supposed to have been bur
led there before the war.
The Frerch Chamber OF Deputies
has raised the import duty on oxen
to SO francs, and placed a duty OF 90
francs on COWS, s francs on calves, 5
francs on sheep and / 2 francs on fresh
meat
w. A. Comyn, the inventor OF a fire.
| escape. while giving an exhibition OF
| his appliance at Buffalo, was precipi-
tated from third-story window by
the giving way OF q hook, and received
serious injuries.
The carpenters working on the Au-
gusta (Ga.) Cotton Exchange build.
ing have struck for nine hours. II is
| reported the strike will become gen.
| eral.
The large shoe factory OF Pingree 4
| Smith, Detroit, was destroyed by fire
on the Both. Loss 100000. One
fireman was fatally injured.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-09

ATLANTA, Ca, April 1.-The recent
burglaries which have created such a
sensation throughout the state turn
out to have been engineered by the no.
torious fur robbers, who first came into
notice in Cleveland, O., last January,
and who subsequently murdered OFF,
Ger Hulligan on the train near Ra
VIENNA IN that state. One OF the burg
lars, Pat Hanley, is in Hail County
Jail desperately wounded. while s2-
other is confined in Worth County all
in the same condition. About March
/, six strange men visited
Atlanta where they were at once
shadowed by the police. They soon
perceived they were watched and dis
appeared, no ono knew where. A week
later systematic series OF burglaries
began in two directions. Within three
weeks q dozen different towns were
visited and plundered. The sum total
OF money secured is thought to be
over $50, 900. The men worked in
two gangs. Finally in an affray at
Harmony Grove, Hanley was shot
and captured He has said he would
plead guilty when his case was called.
The photograph of Hanley has been
sent to ]. W. Schmidt, superintendent
OF police at Cleveland, o. There is no
doubt about his being one of the men
and that the other three are Cha.les
Morgan, Billy Harrington and Mat
thew Kennedy. Last week the sher.
ifs OF three counties organized party
to hunt down the other gang. Coming
upon the burglars at Baconton, they
had a battle, in which Sheriff Hurst
was severely wounded, as was one o,
the burglars. The news g that the
wounded burglar was run down in
Worth County, and is now in Jail in
that place. There are men here from
Ohio conversant with tne history OF
the gang who are positive that they
are the fur robbers.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-09
TOOK DESPERATE CHANCES.

A Heroic Chicago officer Saves Two
Ladies' From Death.
CHICAGO, H., March go Policen an
s. c. Steele, who stands at the Union
Depot, corner OF Adams and Canal
Streets, is the hero OF that vicinity.
Steele was standing near that corner,
this morning, when he saw carriage
coming down the street at break neck
speed, with two ladies inside, scream
ing in fright. The bridge was open,
and ii the mad animal was not
stopped the carriage would be carried
into the river and the ladies drowned.
The officer took in the situation at a
glance, and moment later was hang
ing to the bits OF the horse as it
dragged him toward the river. A few
feet from the bridge the horse was
stopped, and the ladies, who were Mrs.
Isaac Woolf, wife OF a West Side
clothier, and her sister, Mrs. Speigle,
were taken home.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-09
LIBERTH'S TORCH.
It's Brilliancy To Be Greatly Increase
at the Goyern uf's Cost.

It's Brilliancy To Be Greatly Increased
at the Governments Cost.
The Lighthouse Board has COM
pleted arrangements for increasing the
illumination OF the Bartholdi statue
OF Liberty on Bedloe's Island. A
strong lense will be placed in the torch,
five additional electric lights will be
placed around the base, making thir.
teen OF such lights in all, and num-
Der of incandescent lights will be
placed in the interior of the statue.
The light to be placed in the torch
will be one of the most powerful fixed
lights in the world. 1t is intended
more for the purpose OF enhancing the
grandeur OF the statue than as an aid
to navigation, as a light Of much less
power than the one selected would an
swer equally well for the latter pur-
nose
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-09
SNOVV SEW ENGLAND.
The Worst Storm of the Season Report
Along the Coast.

The Worst Storm of the Season Report
Along the Coast.
One OF the worst storms of wind
and snow ever knownis reported from
the coast OF New Eogland On the I'd
inst. From one 20 two feet OF snow
fell, and the wind ranged in velocity
from thirty to eighty miles All hour
At Block Island wreckage from the
schooner Pathfinder came ashore and
strewed the beach. The regular sound
boats laid up, and railway tra ffic
was much impeded. At Provincetown
the weather was so thick that vessels
could not be seen 500 :eet from the
shore. Telegraph lines are reported
down in all directious. The steamer
Katahida, bound from Boston for
Bangor With l25 passengers. put into
Portsmouth harbor for satisfy No
lives are reported lost.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-09
MANNING NAY DIE.

The Ex-Secretary's Friends Have Little
Hope of His Recovery.
New YORK, April IA Washington
special to the Post says: "a gentle
man in this city, who has had especial
reason to interest himself in the con-
dition of ex Secretary Manning's
health, has received personal ad-
vices from England confirm
ing the worst reports yet
published. His informant asserts
that the ex-secretary was not only
not improved by his voyage, but de-
cidedly worse today than be was
before be sailed, worse even than when
he landed in England. His friends
have little hope OF his recovery"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-09

climbed the mate and four seamen.
After several attempts the vessel was
boarded. The captain and second
mate were the only survivors, the
mate, steward and two colored sea-
men having died the previous night.
The two survivors were almost e1-
hausted. They were not able to walk
and had TO be hoisted on board the
Scots Bay. They had been dashed for
forty eight hours on the top OF the
zfter house without food or water and
their clothing was torn to rags. The
vessel WAS the schooner Marcus A.
Davis, Capt. Williams from Fernan-
dira for Philadelphia.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-09
DEAEHEAD ADVERTISING.
Cincinnati Newspapers Discontinue Raj
road Free-Iists.

CINCINNATI, o., April 1.-The Gin
cinnati newspapers appear to-day
without the customary column giving
the time OF the arrival and departure
OF trains. This is IN accordance with
q proposition made by the newspapers
Jointly in view OF the stoppage OF
passes to stop the free publication OF
matter for the benefit OF the roads,
but to accept tickets in payment for
all advertising. The railroads replied
accepting the proposition for adver-
tisements which they should order,
and intimating that the daily publi-
cation OF time tables should not be
regarded az an advertisement.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-09
PERfE!S OF fHE SEA.

Two Nearly Dead Survivors of an Ocean
Wreck Rescued.
The belk Scots Bay, which arrived
st New York on the goth from Lis
bon, repor+s that she sighted on
March p, saser logged and disabled
vessel. y boat Was lowered though
the sea was very heavy, and into it
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-09
BLEW UP Ay AQUEDUCT.
Dynamite Used to Destroy an Obnoxiot
Ohin Canal,

Dynamite Used 10 Destroy an Obnoxious
Ohio Canal.
DEFIANCE. o., March pa few
nights ago the Cecil aqueduct, on the
canal, was blown open. The next
night armed men drove away guards
who were watching the reservoir aud
blew out the banks in two places, and
finally dynamite was used to destroy
the locks. II will take half the sum-
mer to repaic the damage alre ady
done. The Governor has been asked
for instructions. There was q strong
effort recently to have the legislature
vacate the canal at this point.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-09
TAKE THE OATH.

The Inter State Commerce Commission
ers Sworn In.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 81
Messrs. Cooley, Morrison, Schoon-
maker and Walker, OF the interstate
commerce com mission, visited the In
terror Department, this afternoon and
took the usual oath of Office. Mr.
Bragg, who did not reach Washington
until this afternoon, appeared later
and was sworn In.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-09

A BOTTLE of Red Star Cough Cure
made q thorough and permanent cure
of q cold so severe that / could not
talk, says Mr.. ]. P. Roach, assistant
New York Central
Sleepina Car Company.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-09
WILL Go TO CLEVELAND.

The Men Who Murdered One Onicer and
Dangerously Wounded Another, in
Rescuing Companion, Hunted Down
in Georgia-Two of the Gang Shot
Extensive Robberies Near Atlanta-No
Doubt of the dentity of the Men.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-09
SHOT THE MESSENGER.

West Shore Train Boarded by a Masked
Desperate Who Deliberately Shoots
Down the Express Messenger for Re-
Safe Ri1ed of its Money Packages
Small Haul.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-09

Hos. NJ. A. FoRAN, OF Ohio, member
of House OF Representatives, writes
that st. Jacobs Oil relieved him OF
acute bodily pains.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-09

ETHEL-"Were you favorably I'M
pressed with the play at the theater
last night ?" Clara-"No, but / was
heartily squeezed after it was over. p"
Carl PrefzePs Weekly.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-09

FoR q pretty scarf get a yard OF the
qusintly figured Japanese silk. Upon
the ends put border OF plain surah
satin OF some light color, as shell pink
or Nile green. That must be deter
mined by the body OF the scarf.
Either paint a pretty design upon
these ends, or put on row OF tinsel
work OF come handsome pattern.
Finish with handsome balls or tassels.
A POTTERY for making majolica ware
is being erected in La Crosse.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-09
PRIESTS TAKEN TO PRISON.

Fathers Ryan and Slattery Refuse to In
form Against Tenants Operating Under
the Plan of Campaign and are Con-
demned to Prison-The Priests Cheered
on Their Way to the JaiI-Mounted Po-
lice Charge the Crowd.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-09

Fox street dresses skirts are worn
very short in Paris.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-01

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